Furniture made of laminations or sections



Oct. 7, 1952 L. G. slMJlAN I IFURNITURE MADE OF' LAMINATIONS 0R SECTIONSFiled Oct. 22. 1949 Patented Oct. 7, 1952 FURNITURE MADE oF LAMINATioNsoa SECTIONS lLuther G. Simjian, River The Reilectone Corpor side, Conn.,assigner to ation, Stamford, Conn.,

a corporation of Connecticut Application OctoberZZ, 1949, Serial No.122,997

Claims.

This invention relates to furniture, and more particularly, theeconomical assembly of an article of furniture through the utilizationof a series of individual parts adapted to be brought together tofunction as a single assembled unit.

In the manufacture of upholstered chairs, stools, hassocks, and thelike, considerable eX- pense is involved in the assembly of thecomponent parts and in the upholstering operation. Therefore,upholstered hassocks, as an example, are costly due to the need forconsiderable skilled labor and the wastage of materials because of thenecessity of shaping the upholstering material to the configuration ofthe hassock.

It is the object of my invention tocontribute a hassock, chair, stool orthe like, manufactured in such a manner that the upholstering operationis extremely simple and may be performed without highly skilled laborsuch as is required in the upholstering of conventional hassocks,stools, chairs or the like. I

As a feature of my invention whereby the objects thereof are attained,an article of furniture of the class to which my invention relates isformed through the assembly of a series of sectional units. Some or allof these sectional units may be upholstered if desired and theupholstering operation is extremely simple because it is only necessaryto upholster one exterior surface of each of the sectional units.Preferably, the sectional units are each in the form of a band or sleevewith the upholstering material applied to the exterior peripheralsurfaces thereof. By assembling the series of bands, there is built up acomplete article of furniture. Then, to the uppermost band or sectionalvunit there may be applied the seating portion, thereby completing thechair, stool, hassock, or the like, all as those skilled in the artwillfully understand.

I have thus outlined rather broadly the more important features of myinvention in order that the detailed description thereof that followsmay be better understood, and in order that my contribution to the artmay be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features ofmy invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form thesubject of the claims appended hereto. Those skilled in the art willappreciate that the conception on which my disclosure is based mayreadily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures forcarrying out the several purposes of my invention. It is important,therefore. that the claims to be granted me shall be of suflicientbreadth to preventl the appropriation of my invention by those skilledin the art.

Referring now to the drawings, Fig.` 1 is a perspective view of a stoolmanufactured in accordance with the teachings of my invention. Fig. 2

is a perspective view of a stool that is differently shaped. Fig. 3 is asection of the structurepf Fig. l, and is taken along lines 3--3 of Fig.4.`

Fig. i is a section of Fig. 3 taken along lines 4 4 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 isan enlargeddetailed view of` different means for use in assembling theseveral sectional units of my invention. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveexploded view showing a furthermodi' ified form of means toassemble thesectional` units forming an article of furniture.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, and especially Figs. 3and 4, reference numeral It indicates a circular sleeve-like band to theouter peripheral surface of which is :applied upholstering material II,with apadding or` the like I2 positioned between the upholstery "II andthe band Ilhas is conventional in furniture of the class described. `Asis probably best seen in Figs. 1 5 and 6, the upholstery material Ilmaybe 1carried over theupper and lower edges of the band Il and may besecured to those edges as by gluing or by upholstery nails I3.

In the stool of Fig. 1, there are three bands Ill, and between thesebands, there may be used bands I4 formed of plastic material, or aspecially treated decorative wood. Each band IU and each band I isprovided with four rectangular clips I5 as best seen in Figs. 3 and 4,these clips being traversed by four rods I6 threaded at their ends fornuts I'I. It is the function of the rods I6 and the nuts I1 to bind insuperimposed assembled relation the three bands I0 and the two bands I 4of the article of furniture shown in Fig. 3.

suitably secured to the uppermost band I0 is a seat S, the wood platebottom of which is designated by referenceV numeral 2li. Bottom 20 issecured to the uppermost band I0 by a series of rectangular clips 2!screwed to the band I0 and to the woodbottom 2U. Bottom 20 is thensecured to a bearing plate 23 that is rotatably mounted relatively to aframe 24 carried by four legs 25. It is now obvious that through thesimple assembly of the series of bands I0, I4, these bands being readilyassembled to the seat S, I obtain a completely upholstered article offurniture.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate fully that when upholsteringthe furniture, it is merely necessary to apply upholstery material in anextremely simple manner to each of the series of bands that is to beupholstered. It is also extremely simple to upholster the seat S. Thenby assembling the various parts, I have a fully and beautifullyupholstered article. The upholstering operation does not require skilledlabor because almost anyone, with a minimum of skill, can upholstersimple circular bands such as bands I0 or the simple seat S. On theother hand, Wereranyoneto upholsterthefentire .article of furnitureiofFig. 1 :lasa single completed unit, it is obvious that considerableskill would be required to drape the material and secure it. Further, itwould be impossible to do this Without numerous seams and considerablecuttingfo'f material.

In Fig. 2 I show an article offurniture in which the bands arerectangular in shape, but the upholstering operation and the assembly ofthe parts is exactly the same as 4was disclosed in the invention of Fig.l. "Of course,'no'legs need be used where the assembly of bands' is 'Ltobe in the form of a hassock. In Fig. 5, I show a modification `of umy.invention wherein `the r several .bands-4.1.0 areassembled by aseriesof bolts 35 extending Athrough aligned bores 3G in each ofthe .bands l0.

nIn Fig.6 .the .bands It .and ld :have secured-to theirzinnerperipheries .a :series of .brackets 4U, each `ofwhchisbored at 4i, witha .bore42 con-n necting with lthe-bore til and threaded for a fasteningstud '"43. lBy merely running a .rod Mlthrough'the yseveral .bores lilof the Lbrackets 110,..anddriving the .studs home .in 4binding.relationrlto'therod A4, it `ispossi'nle .to `assemble the several'bandsrelativelyito the rod 44 and relatively .to one anotherplnthis way,.a.unitary article offfurniture may'beformed asis the case ofthemodifications .oflEigsf 3 and f5.

'1I mow vclaim:

Il. In anarticlegof .furniture,..a series of bands, upholsteringmaterialapplied V.to .the Aouter peripheralisurfaces .of vat .least .someof saidbands, andmeans `fo'rilolding .said -bands in juxtaposed assenib'ledArelation.

2. In an article of furniture, a series of laminations applied invertical superimposed relation, and means for holding said laminationsassembled in said vertical superimposed relation with their exteriorperipheral surfaces forming acomposite exterior surface for said'article of furniture.

3. In an article of furniture, a series of laminavtions applied invertical superimposed relation,

'Number and means for holding said laminations assem- Ybled in said'vertical superimposed relation with 'their exterior peripheral surfacesforming a Acomposite exterior surface for said article of `furniture,at'leastso'me of said laminations being `reach '.in'theiform of a bandwhose exterior peripheral .surface is upholstered.

4. 'In an article of furniture, a series of lami- -znations,Lupholstering material applied to each of the outer peripheral surfacesof at least some of `vsaid .flaminations, and means for holding saidbands in assembled juxtaposed relation with the outer .peripheralsurfaces Aof lsaid laminations forming `the composite exterior'surfaceof said article of furniture.

5. .Inan .article of furniture, la-series of vlami nations applied .invertical superimposed relation,

means for holding said laminations assembled insaid vertical4superimposed I.relation `with their exterior peripheral surfacesforming'acomposite exterior surface forsaid articleof furniture, and a.seat `applied .to the uppermost of .said'laminations.

vL'UTI-Ill?, G. SIMJIAN.

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